Evercade is entering the arcade market with the launch of Evercade Alpha, a ‘bartop’ style arcade cabinet with support for Evercade cartridges.
The Evercade brand has been growing in strength since the launch of the originalhandheld. Many users appreciated being able to accessretro gamesusing officially licensed cartridges on modern hardware.
Now, Blaze Entertainment is entering the world of arcades with the announcement of the Evercade Alpha. This is a Bartop-style arcade cabinet that has one particular selling point – it is compatible with Evercade’s existing physical cartridge library.
The Evercade Alpha is planned to have two variants at launch, both themed on iconic franchises from Capcom. The first will have a design themed aroundStreet Fighter, while the other will have artwork inspired by Mega Man.
Both arcade cabinets will feature six built-in games from Capcom, including the Street Fighter Alpha series, Mega Man: The Power Battle, Final Fight, and Strider. As usual for Evercade products, all these games are fully licensed.
The Alpha is fully compatible with the existing Evercade ecosystem and has two cartridge ports. This provides users with a potential library of over 500 games across 50 cartridges.
Players will be able to use ‘competition grade’ arcade controls or utilize the two USB ports for two-layer multiplayer. TheEvercade VS and VS-Rcontrollers are compatible, as are a range of third-party controllers andarcade sticks. The display is an 8-inch IPS screen, and the unit comes with stereo speakers and a headphone jack.
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Rebecca Hills-Duty was a Tech Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team, specializing in PC components, VR, AMD, Nvidia and Intel. She has previously written for UploadVR and The Escapist, hosts a weekly show on RadioSEGA and has an obsession with retro gaming.
